When We Think Our Online Friends Eat Healthy Foods, We Also Eat Better Scrolling through Facebook or Instagram, it can be easy to feel drawn in by the people you follow. Whether it’s the brands they’re buying, the things they’re … Continue reading Nudging healthy behaviours
How Google Got Its Employees to Eat Their Vegetables Tina Williams eats greens for breakfast every day. She didn’t always. There was a time when the only vegetables she regularly ate were canned corn or potatoes. But Williams works at … Continue reading Google’s healthy food
The Upside of Eating Together The connections we make and the experiences we share over food are not limited to humans. As many people all over the country are busy shopping, preparing, and traveling to sit down for a meal … Continue reading Sharing a meal and oxytocin
How Children Get Hooked on Sugary Drinks Slave to your sweet tooth? Researchers say the predilection for sweetened drinks — a major driver of the nation’s obesity crisis — begins in childhood. That’s one reason health experts recommend children under … Continue reading Sugar and children
To Change a Habit, Get Extreme. Progressively I had just finished giving a speech on building habits when a woman in the audience exclaimed, “You teach how to create habits, but that’s not my problem. I’m fat!” The frustration in … Continue reading Breaking habits
Mindful Eating: 12 New Ways To Eat More Mindfully I’ve been interested in mindful eating for years, but never really dove into it recently when I started having digestive issues. “Maybe mindful eating could help!” I thought. After learning more, … Continue reading Food issues
I Help People Recover From Disordered Eating. Don’t Give Your Child This App Weight Watchers — now rebranded as WW — has introduced an app called Kurbo, for children 8 to 17 years old. As a registered dietitian who specializes in … Continue reading The anti-fat bias
